Tag: UNICEF

Friday, November 20th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Covid-19: UNICEF calls for opening schools and “averting lost generations”

The United Nations agency responsible for aiding children is warning that the costs of coronavirus-related school closures out-weight the benefits, and that the pandemic poses substantial threats to children and their countries' long-term well-being.
Friday, September 4th 2020 - 08:45 UTC
UNICEF says “unprecedented quantities” of vaccines can be produced to tackle Covid-19

Unprecedented quantities of vaccines could be produced by 28 manufacturers in 10 countries over the next two years to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday, as it announced it would help lead efforts to procure and distribute them.
Thursday, July 30th 2020 - 07:52 UTC
One in three children in the world with high levels of lead, Unicef report

Nearly one in three children around the world have high levels of lead in their bloodstream, according to a new study, as widespread lead pollution puts millions of young people at risk of irreversible mental and physical damage.
Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:21 UTC
Curable Pneumonia kills one child every 39 seconds, UNICEF report

Pneumonia killed more than 800,000 babies and young children last year: or one child every 39 seconds: despite being curable and mostly preventable, global health agencies said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:12 UTC
A third of the world's 700 million children under five are undernourished or overweight, UNICEF report

A third of the world's nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim UN assessment of childhood nutrition released on Tuesday.
Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:45 UTC
Billions suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, says Unicef and WHO report

Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely managed* drinking water services, 4.2 billion people do not have safely managed sanitation services, and 3 billion lack basic** hand-washing facilities.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 04:52 UTC
UNICEF warns of global spike of measles; includes Brazil and Venezuela

Ninety-eight countries reported more cases of measles in 2018 compared with 2017, and the world body warned that conflict, complacency and the growing anti-vaccine movement threatened to undo decades of work to tame the disease.
Friday, December 14th 2018 - 08:54 UTC
A third of the Argentine population is considered poor

Poverty in Argentina has risen to its highest in eight years, a new report has revealed, with more than a third of the population now considered to be poor. The new survey, from the Catholic University of Argentina's Social Debt Observatory, found that 33.6% of Argentines were living below the poverty line in the third quarter of the year.
Saturday, September 22nd 2018 - 08:37 UTC
WHO publishes “Coming of Age” on better health for adolescents

The World Health Organization has published “Coming of age”, an in-depth online feature to advocate for better health for adolescents. The package includes video, gifs, visuals, and features on a range of topics on adolescent health, spanning mental health, sexuality education, as well as violence against and among youth, which remains a leading cause of adolescent deaths world-wide.
Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 21:59 UTC
Zica epidemic and recession have hit the infant mortality rate in Brazil

The infant mortality rate in Brazil, which consistently went down since 1990, started going up in 2016. It is believed that the rate for 2017 will also be higher than the 2015 rate. Both the Zika epidemic and the country's economic recession have been highlighted by the Ministry of Health as causes for the rising infant mortality rate.